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I live in a village about 3 miles from the town I work in, and the road in-between is quite flat. Some people decide to walk for maybe the exercise, but looking at some of the people they don't look to well off, so they are walking to save the bus or taxi fare, and sometimes in the rain and yet they are smoking. They would rather walk in the rain and have money for cigarettes. It made me think of some of the sacrifices I had made over the years I smoked, just to be able to buy cigarettes, and it has made me feel ashamed and more determined than ever to never smoke again. Viv
For the first 4 months I smoked, I told NO ONE... It was my "dirty lil secret"...
Then I left my husband & moved in with my sister...
She & her husband both smoked & I told them my secret & smoked with the two of them for almost 6 months without my daughter knowing...
I made some terrible choices while trying to hide my smoking from my daughter... My sister would sit closest to the door with her hand on the knob & I'd sit in the far corner of the garage ready to run & hide...
I would allow my daughter to spend whole weekends at her friend's house so that I could have the freedom to smoke without having to hide.
In essence, I would give my daughter away so that I could have the freedom to smoke... It's really sad now that I think about it...
Thanks Viv for this post...
She was one of the biggest factors in me quittin cuz if I'd get mad at the X, she run over with a pack of cigarettes...
I still have a pack of 3 unopened in her freezer & one that's opened in her pantry...
Anyway... Just makes me think of what I was willing to do to be able to smoke...
It really is sad!!!
I was always able to afford my habit but when I think of the money I spent after 37 years of smoking - it makes me sad.... I could have paid cash for both my kids colleges with that money!!! I'm glad to be quit now- thats for sure.
I was always able to afford my habit but when I think of the money I spent after 37 years of smoking - it makes me sad.... I could have paid cash for both my kids colleges with that money!!! I'm glad to be quit now- thats for sure.
About 3 months after I had moved into my sister's, my daughter had gone to spend the weekend at her friend's house. I was relaxed, knowing I could smoke when & where I wanted...
My bil had a car that he had taken the front end apart to repaint & I was reading a book, so I went sat on the other side of that car... I had just lit up when my daughter came out the back door & called my name...
The door was only about 15 yards from the back door which meant I had very little time to put the cig out...
Well, I put that cig out in the grass & ended up burnin my pointer finger tip & the base & between my pointer & thumb... OH THE PAIN!!!
Didn't tell daughter anything about it... Daughter just forgot to get her money for the movies... All was good... I fished the money out of my right pants pocket with my left hand...
By next mornin, the burns were blistered... I had done a good job burning my hand....
Next day, daughter comes home... I was cookin my nephew a grilled cheese & daughter walked up & saw my hand. I took the hot spatula & touched it to my right hand (ON THE BURNS OF COURSE) & SAID, DANG, I did it again...
Daughter thought I had burned my hand twice...
Talk about go through a lot of pain just to hide my secret...
I'm so glad the lying is over & I no longer smoke...